I then spent my money so much the more cheerfully, and with so much the less care how it went, as it wholly depended upon my overconfidence of fortune.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

for her tone implied it, and something in her face made Meg color, and wish she had not been so frank.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Presently he came to Xenophon and said: "You are at once a citizen of no mean city, and with Seuthes also your own name is very great.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

But I had left some silk downstairs in a work-table drawer in the temporary growlery, and coming to a stop for want of it, I took my candle and went softly down to get it.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

And up the cave there came one clad in purple, and before him and behind him came minstrels and fair maidens, chanting a wedding song.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

She did not often make calls; and when she did, it was in heavy state that she went through her duties.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

"Now thou mayst have my clothes and welcome," said he, "and thou mightest have had them in exchange for thine without the cost of a single farthing, far less two golden angels.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

Mr. Chitling added, with strong marks of irritation, that the new way of fumigating clothes up yonder was infernal unconstitutional, for it burnt holes in them, and there was no remedy against the County.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

But now I must tell you—what people were met: They were, on my conscience, a wonderful sett; Some came for their health, and some came for their pleasure, And to steal from the city a fortnight of leisure; Some came for a day, and yet more for a week, Some came from the college, tormented with Greek, To continue as long as their means would afford, That is, while the taverns would trust them their board: (Of this last mentioned class, I confess I was one, For why should I fib when the mischief is done?)
— from The Poems of Philip Freneau, Poet of the American Revolution. Volume 1 (of 3) by Philip Morin Freneau

29 “Dick has to take a great many chances, and why should not I risk a little for my country?
— from A Daughter of the Union by Lucy Foster Madison

It was upon seeing her and arranging that she was to go to Eltham, that my interest in Miracle Gold began to diminish, and I grew to think that my clock alone would suffice for my fame, and that I might marry and leave London, and live at Eltham.
— from Miracle Gold: A Novel (Vol. 3 of 3) by Richard Dowling

Both shook hands most cordially and were soon in the back seat, full of pleasant chat and the first exciting ordeal was over.
— from Memories and Anecdotes by Kate Sanborn

The armour and books had been placed in my cabin, and when Seal had related our experiences to Thorpe, the latter suggested that we should stand by the Seahorse and take her in tow when the gale abated.
— from The Tickencote Treasure by William Le Queux

The difference between the scent of dead or wounded game, and that of game perfectly uninjured, is so vast, that no steady, experienced dog will fail to point any fresh bird he may come across whilst seeking for that which is lost.
— from The Dog by W. N. (William Nelson) Hutchinson

Mrs. Campbell asked where she proposed running to.
— from The heritage of unrest by Gwendolen Overton

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